Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 16 (4 on target) – 10 (3)
- Decisive moment: 45' Mohamed Salah, FN xPts +0.8
Mohamed Salah 45'
Ryan Gravenberch 58'
Ryan Gravenberch 58'
HT 1:0
Liverpool 10th → 3rd · 18 pts|Aston Villa 11th · 15 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.19–0.41).
Player of the matchRyan GravenberchDecisive moment45' Mohamed Salah+0.8
Player of the match
Ryan Gravenberch Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 45 min · level 45 min · Aston Villa ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
45'
Mohamed Salah
Goal
+0.8
58'
Ryan Gravenberch
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Alexis Mac Allister +0.1
+0.3
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +1.1Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
LiverpoolAston Villa
53%Possession47%
1.19Expected goals (xG)0.41
0.07xG per shot0.04
16Shots10
4Shots on target3
25%Shots on target %30%
7Shots in box4
467Passes398
87%Pass accuracy84%
1Corners4
3Saves2
13Fouls11
2Yellow cards3
8Offsides0
Compared with usual
Liverpool
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.19 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.41 | 1 | |
| Shots | 16 | 15.1 | |
| On target | 4 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 10.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 53% | 62.2% | |
| Passes | 467 | 556.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 86.1% | |
| Corners | 1 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 9.2 |
Aston Villa
13 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.85 | |
| xG | 0.41 | 0.92 | |
| xG against | 1.19 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 10 | 10.8 | |
| On target | 3 | 3.7 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 12.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 47% | 55.7% | |
| Passes | 398 | 457 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 9.4 |
Timeline
- 44' VAR Hugo Ekitiké
- 45' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #4
- 54' Yellow Virgil van Dijk
- 57' Yellow Matty Cash
- 58' Goal Ryan Gravenberch league goal #3 assist Alexis Mac Allister
- 59' Sub John McGinn → Ross Barkley
- 59' Sub Evann Guessand → Donyell Malen
- 73' Yellow Amadou Onana
- 74' Sub Pau Torres → Tyrone Mings
- 74' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jadon Sancho
- 75' Sub Lucas Digne → Ian Maatsen
- 77' Sub Hugo Ekitiké → Florian Wirtz
- 80' Yellow Morgan Rogers
- 87' Yellow Dominik Szoboszlai
Category leaders
- Key passesAlexis Mac Allister3
- Duels wonCody Gakpo9/11
- DribblesMohamed Salah5/8
- Defensive actionsRyan Gravenberch7
- ShotsDominik Szoboszlai3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonEzri Konsa4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.